On growth and form of the distal air exchange surfaces within the lung.
David Warburton, Clarence M. Wigfall, Harvey A. Pollack, David S. Koos, Denise Al-Alam, Gianluca Turcatel, Wei Shi, Scott E. Fraser, Rex A. Moats
The paper uses novel imaging and computational approaches to deduce how distal air exchange surfaces in the lung form through epithelial buckling and extrusion, stabilized by elastin and collagen rings.
bioRxiv · May 23, 2017 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology